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KEEP
'EM GUESSING (Seligmann-McAllister">
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KEEP
'EM GUESSING (Seligmann-McAllister, 1991). Photo
OGB (Martha Mia x Expert Advice) X (probably) Rose of Sharon. Smoky red-violet with orange flush over upper half of falls. Olive-brown beard. Near-black signal. Proven fertile, but I've given most of its seeds away because of my mania for working with pedigreed stock. With the forty-years-plus difference in our ages, Gus and I were something of an odd couple. When we went out for dinner, we'd inevitably be spotted by one or more of his old friends. The standard guessing game was how long it would take and what the excuse would be to come over to talk with Gus and check me out. He took great delight in simply introducing me by name, without volunteering any further information. The "rules" required answering any questions briefly, but honestly – the goal to see just how persistent the curious caller would be. In other words, "Keep
'em guessing!" was his motto. This one's pedigree was a "probable", so it seemed like an appropriate one to preserve the motto. |
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KERET (Rich, 1986). OGB+ S deep amethyst purple, veined deeper; F light ground peppered charcoal across hafts, becoming solid near black signal area, charcoal maroon on lower half of falls, near black beard. Complex pedigree, involving seedlings. |
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KIOSK (Hager, 1986) OGB Yellow self with brown-black signal and yellow beard. One of those pedigrees so complex it's mind-boggling, but it could carry the t-factor. |
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KISS OF HONEY
(McAllister, 1996) Photo
OGB- A soft honey yellow near-self with exceptional substance. Standards are marked only by a faint violet flush at the base. Falls have delicate tannish violet dots and veins in the throat and in a V-shaped area around a mustard-mixed-with-maroon beard. A classic ¼-bred from Altogether Lovely X Persian Smoke with some limited fertility. It has podded to both ½-bred and tetraploid aril pollen, but none of its seedlings have yet bloomed. In suggesting names, garden visitors couldn't agree on whether its color was that of honey or honeysuckle – but I decided to go with honey because of its thick substance. |
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KOKO KNOLL (Hunt, 1984) Photo
OGB+/OGB ((Beirut x Imam
Ahmid) X ((Jallah Effendi x Obi) x I. auranitica). Antique gold standards; golden falls heavily veined and dotted reddish-brown. The colors are those of autumn in the woodlands surrounding Gene's home in
Fallis, Oklahoma – which they named "Koko Knoll". Excellent for all types of yellows, yellow with brown markings, and browns. It even surprised me by producing an outstanding seedling in the
pseudo-plicata pattern. Very strong plant, whose offspring also tend to be strong. A fully fertile halfbred from complex lines, which was classified as an
OGB+ in the quantum system but qualifies as an OGB today. I recommend it highly for beginners. |
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